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Ghislaine Maxwell Breaks Silence to Deputy AG One Day after House Subpoena

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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida on Thursday – just one day after a Congressional committee voted to subpoena Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice to provide additional testimony surrounding his years of sex crimes.

Speaking to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Tallahassee on Thursday afternoon, Maxwell’s attorney, David Oscar Markus, said his client and Blanche had a “very productive day.” H

“[Blanche] took a full day and asked a lot of questions,” Markus said. “Miss Maxwell answered every single question. She never stopped. She never invoked a privilege. She never declined to answer. She answered all the questions truthfully, honestly and to the best of her ability.”

Markus declined to comment on whether the pair would be meeting again Friday, but Blanche said they would be meeting again.

“Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow,” Blanche said in a post on X Thursday. “The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.” (Read more from “Ghislaine Maxwell Breaks Silence to Deputy AG One Day after House Subpoena” HERE)

Florida Judge Says ‘Hands Are Tied,’ Won’t Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts

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A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s request to unseal transcripts from Florida grand jury proceedings related to a 20-year-old criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, saying her “hands are tied.”

U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida Robin Rosenberg wrote in her denial that an unrelated 2020 ruling by the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “does not permit” her to unseal grand jury records in instances not covered by the criminal procedure rule, CNBC reported.

“Eleventh Circuit law does not permit this Court to grant the Government’s request; the Court’s hands are tied — a point the Government concedes,” Rosenberg wrote.

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioned the U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Florida, to obtain the transcripts from two grand juries that convened there in 2005 and 2007, respectively.

In its argument for the transcripts, which are normally left sealed in such cases, the DOJ pointed to a “strong public interest in the historical investigation into Jeffrey Epstein,” the convicted sex offender suspected of trafficking minors to other pedophiles. (Read more from “Florida Judge Says ‘Hands Are Tied,’ Won’t Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts” HERE)

Roy Black, Famed Defense Attorney for Rush Limbaugh and Jeffrey Epstein, Dies

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Roy Black, a prominent Miami defense lawyer whose clients included Jeffrey Epstein and William Kennedy Smith has died at the age of 80, his law partner said Tuesday.

The Miami Herald reported that Black, a father of two, died on Monday at his home in Coral Gables.

“For more than 30 years, Roy was my teacher, mentor and friend,” said his law partner, Howard Srebnick, in an email to The Associated Press. “The loss(es) I feel personally and professionally are immeasurable.”

Black represented, and won, a slew of high-profile clients, including Justin Bieber and race car driver Helio Castroneves.

In Miami, Black was viewed in legal circles as the GOAT, the greatest of all time, said fellow defense attorney David O. Markus, who compared his late colleague to NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan.

“He worked harder than any lawyer I know. And he outlawyered every prosecutor who he ever went up against. I will miss him. His impact on criminal defense is beyond measure,” Markus said in an email to the news outlet. (Read more from “Roy Black, Famed Defense Attorney for Rush Limbaugh and Jeffrey Epstein, Dies” HERE)

Justice Department Wants to Interview Jeffrey Epstein’s Former Girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell

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The Department of Justice wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the financier sexually abuse underage girls and is now serving a lengthy prison sentence, a senior official said Tuesday.

If Maxwell “has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a post on X, adding that President Donald Trump ”has told us to release all credible evidence.” A lawyer for Maxwell confirmed there were discussions with the government.

The overture to attorneys for Maxwell, who in 2022 was sentenced to 20 years in prison, is part of an ongoing Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following fierce backlash from parts of Trump’s base over an earlier refusal to release additional records in the Epstein investigation.

As part of that effort, the Justice Department, acting at the direction of the Republican president, last week asked a judge to unseal grand jury transcripts from the case. That decision is ultimately up to the judge. (Read more from “Justice Department Wants to Interview Jeffrey Epstein’s Former Girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell” HERE)

House Speaker Mike Johnson: No Vote on Releasing Jeffrey Epstein Documents before Recess

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said that there will be no vote on some documents relating to the Jeffrey Epstein case before Congress breaks for the August recess.

Johnson made the announcement after “the House Rules Committee advanced the measure last week, and as the lower chamber prepares to break for the weeks-long August recess on Thursday,” per the Hill.

Johnson told reporters that the House will not vote on the resolution before the August recess, adding that he wants to give the Trump administration more time.

“Here’s what I would say about the Epstein files: There is no daylight between the House Republicans, the House, and the president on maximum transparency,” Johnson said in the Capitol on Monday. “He has said that he wants all the credible files related to Epstein to be released. He’s asked the attorney general to request the grand jury files of the court. All of that is in process right now.”

“My belief is we need the administration to have the space to do what it is doing and if further Congressional action is necessary or appropriate, then we’ll look at that,” he added. “But I don’t think we’re at that point right now because we agree with the president.” (Read more from “House Speaker Mike Johnson: No Vote on Releasing Jeffrey Epstein Documents before Recess” HERE)

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Trump’s Epstein Problem Just Got a Lot Bigger

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. . .[T]he Jeffrey Epstein scandal is proving difficult to tamp down.

Now a rebel band of Republican lawmakers including some of MAGA’s biggest stars – like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert – are joining forces with hundreds of Democrats to force a bombshell ballot on the Epstein files.

Despite the typical partisan battle lines being drawn on most issues in Washington, D.C. these days, this matter in particular has created an unlikely set of bedfellows.

Progressive Democrat Ro Khanna and libertarian-minded Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky teamed up last week to introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which would compel Attorney General Pam Bondi to publicly release all unclassified materials relating to Jeffery Epstein.

The duo’s resolution is receiving the the backing of a diverse set of members, including New York socialist darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Michigan ‘Squad’ member Rashida Tlaib, as well as Boebert of Colorado, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, and Greene of Georgia. . .

Even if only the 10 GOP co-sponsors of the resolution were to support it, it would easily pass the House as just a simple majority is needed, which is 218 votes out of 435. (Read more from “Trump’s Epstein Problem Just Got a Lot Bigger” HERE)

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WATCH: The REAL Reason the Epstein ‘Client List’ Is Never Getting Released

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Jeffry Epstein’s rumored ‘client list’ will never be released to the public by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to a former agent.

John Kiriakou, an ex-CIA officer who was jailed in 2012 for leaking the agency’s waterboarding interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay, shared his views on the controversial pedophile – including his opinion on the alleged list of clients.

Kiriakou, who sat down for an episode of Patrick Bet-David’s podcast, told the media personality that he believes the alleged list will not see the light of day because it holds incredibly valuable intelligence information that the CIA would never hand over simply because the public demanded to see it.

The CIA whistleblower, who works for Sputnik- a Russian government news outlet – specifically said he believes that Epstein, 66, was employed by Israel’s intelligence service, Mossad – and that is why the list will not come out.

‘I believe that he was a Mossad access agent. It makes perfect sense to me,’ Kiriakou said. It has never been established that Epstein had ties to Mossad.

‘Jeffrey Epstein, in my view, is a textbook case of an access agent. I’ve said this before, but I think it’s important and it bears repeating,’ he told Bet-David.

(Read more from “The REAL Reason the Epstein ‘Client List’ Is Never Getting Released” HERE)

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DOJ Formally Asks Manhattan Court To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) formally petitioned a Manhattan federal judge on Friday to unseal grand jury testimony from the Jeffrey Epstein prosecution.

Federal prosecutors filed the request in the Manhattan Federal District Court, where Epstein awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges before his death by suicide in a jail cell six years ago, according to The New York Times. The New York City medical examiner officially ruled Epstein’s death a suicide.

The DOJ also asked the court to unseal testimony from the grand jury proceedings involving Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate. Maxwell received a 20-year prison sentence following her 2021 conviction on charges of aiding Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme. Her case remains on appeal.

The request to unseal Epstein’s grand jury testimony now rests with Judge Richard M. Berman, appointed to the federal bench by former President Bill Clinton in 1998. Berman presided over Epstein’s case prior to his death.

Friday’s court filings followed President Donald Trump’s announcement on social media Thursday evening, authorizing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all relevant grand jury testimony, pending court approval. (Read more from “DOJ Formally Asks Manhattan Court To Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony” HERE)

Unreleased Epstein Files Include Logbooks for Private Island, Records Show

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Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in February released what was then described as the “first phase of the declassified Epstein files.”

That initial release — which was delivered to a group of prominent right-leaning influencers and journalists — included 341 pages of documents related to the disgraced financier. But 118 pages of those files were duplicative of one another.

The vast majority of those documents were previously made public through the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell or civil lawsuits, including flight logs from Epstein’s plane, a redacted version of Epstein’s so-called “black book” of contacts and a heavily redacted seven-page list of masseuses.

The only newly-released document in “phase one,” which received little public attention, was a three-page catalog of evidence that appears to be an accounting of evidence seized during the searches of Epstein’s properties in New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands after his arrest in 2019, and a search of his Palm Beach mansion a dozen years earlier.

That little-noticed index offers a roadmap to the remaining trove of records that President Donald Trump’s administration has declined to release, including logs of who potentially visited Epstein’s private island and the records of a wiretap of Maxwell’s phone. (Read more from “Unreleased Epstein Files Include Logbooks for Private Island, Records Show” HERE)

Epstein Updated: Loomer Makes President Trump an Offer He Shouldn’t Refuse

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The Epstein files have ripped open a deep and growing divide inside the MAGA movement. But this isn’t just about some scumbag rich guy and his perverse island crimes. This is about justice. It’s about whether or not we’re really going to hold the elite class accountable or let them, yet again, walk away totally unscathed. And even more than that, it’s also about whether President Trump is truly surrounded by the right people for the job ahead.

As a result of the “Epstein divide,” there are now two very distinct camps inside MAGA. One side is demanding total transparency on Epstein and his grotesque network of coconspirators, and they’re not letting go. They want names, timelines, and prosecutions. You can’t blame them, right?

Collin Rugg:

NEW: Matt Walsh sends a message to the Trump administration over the Epstein case.

“We want those people to be dragged in front of us, weeping and begging for mercy…”

“Millions of Americans are not satisfied with what we’ve been told, and we shouldn’t be…”

“I want to make this very clear to those on the right, including the President himself, who are telling us to just drop the subject and move on. We can’t drop it. We can’t move on.”

“Because what we want is justice. We have a deep desire for justice. And we can see how the corrupt and the powerful are never held accountable.”

“We want these evildoers to be punished. We want the innocent to be defended. We want justice. It’s one of the most basic and most honorable of all human desires.”

“We want to see that justice is done. We want to know who else was in those awful videos that Pam Bondi told us about.”

“We want those people to be dragged in front of us, weeping and begging for mercy.”

“We want them exposed and humiliated and shamed and punished in the harshest and most painful way, because that’s justice.”

“And we’re not going to drop the subject until we get it.”

(Read more from “Epstein Updated: Loomer Makes President Trump an Offer He Shouldn’t Refuse” HERE)